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Concert Program, Liberace in pink sequenced suit, history, piano keys on edge of program ... Read more

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Chapters: Wilbur D. May Center, Elvis-A-Rama Museum, Liberace Museum, Madame Tussauds Las Vegas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Wilbur D. May Center is an attraction located in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park at 1595 North Sierra, Reno, Nevada. The facility comprises the Wilbur D. May Museum, the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden and the Great Basin Adventure. The museum features the antiques and collectibles purchased by Wilbur D. May, a local adventurer, rancher, pilot, philanthropist and world traveler. Born in 1898, Wilbur May was the third son of David May, founder of The May Department Stores Company. The museum's collections derive from his over 40 trips around the world, and include T´ang Dynasty pottery, primitive African artwork, Inuit scrimshaws, Egyptian scarab figures, Greek icons, wildlife dioramas and a shrunken head from South America. Also featured is a recreation of the living room, tack room and big game trophy room from Wilbur's 2600-acre Double Diamond Ranch. The museum also displays changing exhibits about various subjects. The "Predators" exhibit will run from March through May 2009, and will feature live animals and hands-on natural history displays about ancient and modern predators. There is an admission fee for the museum, which is operated by the Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space. The Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden (12 acres) is an arboretum and botanical garden that is open to the public without charge from sunrise to sunset. The site is located at an elevation of 4,600 feet (1,400 m) in a transitional zone between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Great Basin Desert. It receives an average annual precipitation of 7 inches (180 mm), daily temperature varies 50 °F (10 °C) or...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2405030 ... Read more

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This is a promotional piece circa 1955 while Liberace's show was still on television. 16 pages cover career synopsis, b/w photos of him in performance, at his homes (old and new), career highlights, with friends (including Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, Art Linkletter, Edgar Bergen, Helen O'Connell, Ray Bolger, Jimmy Durante, Marty Kroft, Art Linkletter and Digby Wolfe), and a listing of his staff. ... Read more